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Research in Osogbo

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Osogbo, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Osun State University and Fountain University.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4k
▲ 89% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
6.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Osogbo

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Osogbo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Osun State UniversityUniversity 3,164 #4,500
2Fountain UniversityUniversity 441 #13,151
3Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching HospitalHospital / health system 361 #29,946 all time

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Osogbo work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research in Osogbo is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Medicine (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 690 fractional works · 34.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 346 fractional works · 17.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 110 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEducation: 84 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 30 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 131 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAccounting: 47 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 75 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 61 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 64 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 50 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 561 fractional works · 28.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 151 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPollution: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 148 fractional works · 7.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 111 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInformation Systems: 48 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 60 fractional works · 3.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 38 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNumerical Analysis: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 401 fractional works · 20.2% of its workMedicine: 317 fractional works · 16.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 50 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 29 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 52 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 332 fractional works · 16.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 196 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPlant Science: 73 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFood Science: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 82 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKOsogbo1,984fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences35%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences34617.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1316.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance753.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities643.2%
    5. Psychology502.5%
    6. Decision Sciences241.2%
    1. Environmental Science1517.6%
    2. Engineering1487.5%
    3. Computer Science1115.6%
    4. Mathematics603.0%
    5. Materials Science341.7%
    6. Chemistry180.9%
    7. Energy170.9%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences140.7%
    9. Physics and Astronomy50.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.1%
    1. Medicine31716.0%
    2. Health Professions522.6%
    3. Nursing271.4%
    4. Veterinary30.1%
    5. Dentistry20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1969.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology824.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology211.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics201.0%
    5. Neuroscience130.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Osogbo strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Osogbo is most concentrated in Modeling and Simulation, Animal Science and Zoology and Accounting (15.0× the world share in Modeling and Simulation).

  1. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 35.1 works15×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 21.7 works5.9×
  3. AccountingSubfield · 42.7 works4.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 171 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 70 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.07× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.58× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 95 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.98× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 133 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.58× its world share, 131 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 29 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.78× its world share, 55 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 46 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 277 worksMedicineNursing: 2.76× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.92× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.01× its world share, 109 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.96× its world share, 70 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 267 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.07×18 works
  2. Mathematics2.78×55 works
  3. Nursing2.76×23 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.15×171 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.01×109 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.96×70 works
  7. Environmental Science1.58×131 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.35×22 works
  9. Social Sciences1.26×267 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.05×18 works
  11. Health Professions1.04×46 works
  12. Energy0.98×15 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.92×44 works
  14. Veterinary0.88×2 works
  15. Medicine0.86×277 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×70 works
  17. Computer Science0.73×95 works
  18. Psychology0.71×36 works
  19. Chemistry0.58×15 works
  20. Engineering0.53×133 works
  21. Materials Science0.49×29 works
  22. Neuroscience0.40×11 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×10 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.28×2 works
  25. Dentistry0.24×2 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.10×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Osogbo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Gender Equality, Development, Globalization, Education, Infectious Diseases, Environmental Impact and Nigeria.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology117▲ 1.48×108 topics
  2. Globalization77▲ 1.97×61 topics
  3. Education73▲ 2.1×43 topics
  4. Sustainability70▲ 1.44×70 topics
  5. Environmental Impact69▲ 2.0×48 topics
  6. Sustainable Development62▲ 2.0×47 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress61▲ 1.88×55 topics
  8. Climate Change60◆ 1.11×73 topics
  9. COVID-1955▲ 2.1×24 topics
  10. Renewable Energy51▲ 1.79×34 topics
  11. Antioxidant49▲ 3.6×47 topics
  12. Corporate Governance47▲ 3.2×22 topics
  13. Development44▲ 6.2×12 topics
  14. Gender Equality44▲ 7.8×9 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases40▲ 6.0×8 topics
  16. Social Capital38▲ 3.7×14 topics
  17. Economic Growth38▲ 2.3×20 topics
  18. Nigeria35▲ 81×3 topics
  19. Toxicity35▲ 4.0×17 topics
  20. Curriculum Development34▲ 2.6×12 topics
  21. Information Technology33▲ 3.5×11 topics
  22. Risk Management32▲ 3.4×13 topics
  23. Medicinal Plants32▲ 4.1×17 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity30▲ 3.5×18 topics
  25. Governance30▲ 4.7×8 topics
  26. Teacher Education30▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Antioxidants30▲ 3.4×17 topics
  28. Quality Assurance28▲ 8.3×4 topics
  29. ICT28▲ 10×5 topics
  30. Institutional Quality27▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Youth Unemployment27▲ 114×1 topic
  32. Inequality25▲ 5.5×7 topics
  33. Bioactive Compounds25▲ 5.0×14 topics
  34. Knowledge Economy23▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Mobile Phones23▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Inclusive Development22▲ 26×1 topic
  37. financial access22▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Nonlinear Equations21▲ 8.2×3 topics
  39. Public Health Interventions20▲ 14×1 topic
  40. transmission dynamics20▲ 14×1 topic

What research is done in Osogbo?

COVID-19 epidemiological…18COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 18 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…18Economic Growth and Development: 18 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…18Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 18 fractional worksAfrican Education and Po…17African Education and Politics: 17 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 16 fractional worksMathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models: 12 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterror…11Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 11 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 11 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts9COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 9 fractional works
Modeling and SimulationInformation SystemsAccountingEducation5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 18 works
  2. 2 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 18 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 18 works
  4. 4 African Education and Politics Education 17 works
  5. 5 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 16 works
  6. 6 Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  7. 7 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  8. 8 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 11 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 10 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 9 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Osogbo12.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.9% in 2011.

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